performance videos
WEST FARMS
"You get offa one bus, and you get on another one."
A worn man reminisces about an almost mythical drinking establishment from his childhood near the West Farms bus depot in the Bronx.
- Drama. One Act, 20 minutes. Three male actors. Can be done with minimal set.
- video based on the 2007 Playwright's Roundtable production, Valencia College Black Box Theatre, Orlando FL
taped at the studios of Vision TV (Orlando)
WILLIE: Eric Kuritzky
DANNY: David Lugo
Charles R. Dent, director
interview and play aired December 2007
WEST FARMS
A LITTLE CRAZY
"History is what happens after you’re dead — this is family!"
A comedy about real life (or a drama with some very funny bits) about an elderly Polish man's last days with his favorite nephew — a warm, touching tale of life, death, laughter, tears, storytelling, secrets, being Jewish, revelations about jazz and Louis Armstrong ... and glass pants.
- Comedy/drama. Full length, 90 minutes. Two male actors: one playing mid-80s; one playing mid-30s. Can be done with minimal set.
-
"When I was 17..." :48 - From the 2002 Orlando International Fringe Festival production, Orlando FL
AVRAM: Paul M. Wegman
HARRY: Matt Curless
Paula Rossman, director - A LITTLE CRAZY
IF I HAD MY WAY
"That is one mighty sharp woman ... let me show you the scars."
The illogical logic of relationships and the inequity of war meets the magic of a Spring evening in a small Florida citrus town.
- Drama. Full length, three act, 120 minutes. Three female, four male actors: playing from early-20s to senior.
- Monologue from the upcoming play
- Reading, Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach FL 2007
- IF I HAD MY WAY
SOLOS
"The trumpet is a solo instrument, Ellie. Sometimes you just gotta blow."
The Jazz Romance of trumpeter Ben "Blue" Miller and Ellie Grace, a woman composer in a man's world. A tale as passionate as the music
A live band and all-original compositions
- Drama with music. Full length, 90 minutes. One male, one female actor: playing from mid-20s to senior. Can be done with minimal set.
-
"Solos" Act 1 5:50 - Original music written by Brian Groder.
Versions for live band or prerecorded music available. - From the 2004 Orlando International Fringe Festival production, Orlando FL
- "BLUE" MILLER: Jay T. Becker
ELLIE GRACE:
Luerne Pickart Herrera
Ula Stoeckl, director
Brian Groder - trumpet
Per Danielsson - piano
Doug Mathews - bass
Dan Johnson - drums - SOLOS
BRIAN FELDMAN'S LEAP DAY PERFORMANCE
"You might as well jump, go ahead, and jump."
Brian Feldman's marathon 24-hour performance art for Leap Day, with an essay written specially for the day